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Please help us in welcoming our new Practice Manager at Steward Bariatrics and General Surgery, formerly Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss. Beth moved to the area with her husband of 27 years from Indianapolis, Indiana a year ago. She was a Practice Administrator for 17 years in a large hospital system for a multi-specialty practice with a focus on procedural care. Beth’s goal is to ensure that the community is fully aware of the great outcomes of our bariatric surgery program and the quality of care that our highly skilled and compassionate surgeons provide. Beth is looking forward to exploring the area and connecting with the community. Welcome, Beth!

If you have had a gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, either laparoscopic or open and you were initially successful but now have experienced weight regain and are discouraged we are here to tell you there is hope for and there are options.

Sometimes the gastric pouch, in the sleeve can enlarge or the gastric pouch in the bypass may stretch. These can be surgically revised. This can usually be done laparoscopically even if your previous surgery was open.

Both your pouch and opening to your intestine (stoma) can be reduced in size so that you can relose the weight and comorbidties. In addition, sometimes your intestinal absorptive capacity can be further modified.

Both Dr. Domkowski and Dr. Radecke specialize in revising gastric bypasses or gastric sleeves.. Before your surgery we will need to preform some tests to understand your previous surgery, but they are done on an outpatient basis.

Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center was established over 6 years ago with the vision of helping people realize their goals of significant and lasting weight reduction through minimally invasive bariatric surgery. We are proud to offer a full array of the latest and safest medical technology in bringing about weight reduction. As board certified surgeons, specializing in bariatrics Dr. Domkowski and Dr. Radecke are privileged to offer both primary surgery for weight reduction as well as conversion and revisional surgery for patients that have already had a weight loss procedure and would like it converted to another type of operation. For example, someone that has had a gastric bypass and experienced weight regain, then they may be a candidate to have a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placed on their gastric pouch. Dr. Domkowski and Dr. Radecke are committed to keeping up with the latest advances in bariatric surgery and attends several meetings annually. He does this not only to keep up with the more current information, but also so that the latest technology can be offered to his patients.

Riverside is proud to be the only comprehensive surgical weight loss center in the Treasure and Space Coast area to offer patients a comprehensive package to completely transform you. Sebastian River Medical Center is proud to be a fully accredited Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. The medical center is fully committed to providing the highest quality and safety to patients who experience obesity disease and seek bariatric surgery as an answer.

If you have had your lap band placed by another surgeon, or in another state and need an adjustment or just need to see a bariatric surgeon because of a problem or question, Dr. Domkowski and Dr. Radecke and his team will be happy to see you. We know that people often move and need to relocate, leaving their original team. We will be happy to assist you with any issues or concerns regarding your lap band or lap sleeve done at another institution.